Sigurður Sigurðsson was born in Húnavatnssýsla on May 26, 1855. Spouse: Björg Jóhannesdóttir. Children: no information. They came west in 1890 and took land in the Árnes Settlement. They named their land Skeggjastað after the farm in Hallárdal in Húnavatnssýsla. They lived there until 1910 when they moved to Gimli.
Valdimar Sopher
Valdimar Sopher was born in the Fljóts Settlement on February 28, 1906. He died in Selkirk, Manitoba on October 11, 1976. He was known as Valdi Sopher in the west. Spouse: August 18, 1932 Gíslína Guðrún Magnúsdóttir b. April 18, 1911. She was known as Gilla Sopher in the west. Children: 1. Walter Marshall b. January 14, 1933 2. Pauline …
Soffanías Þorkelsson
Soffanías Þorkelsson was born on April 5, 1876 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He took the last name Thorkelson in the west. Spouse: 1) May 28, 1899 Jóhanna María Friðriksdóttir b. January 10, 1866 in Húnavatnssýsla, d. October 17, 1848 in Winnipeg. 2) October 1, 1849 Sigrún Sigurgeirsdóttir b. in Reykjavík on September 29, 1907. They divorced. Children: With Jóhanna: 1. Ragnheiður b. …
Ingólfur Eiríksson
Ingólfur Eiríksson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on November 2, 1886. He died on June 28, 1971 in Riverton, Manitoba. Spouse: Járnbrá Júlíana Helgadóttir b. in Mikley on July 22, 1892, d. March 10, 1974 in Riverton. Children: 1. Marinó Oliver b. June 11, 1911 2. Ingibjörg Þórdís b. October 14, 1912 3. Jóhann Helgi b. December 6, 1913 4. Eiríkur …
Guðríður Guðmundsdóttir
Guðríður Guðmundsdóttir was born in W. Skaftafellssýsla on July 17, 1867. She died in Calgary in 1944. She took the last name of Hansen in the west. Spouse: Magnús Magnússon b. 1866 in Mýrasýsla. They divorced in 1910. Children: With Elías Hansen, a Faroese sailor who drowned in Icelandic waters around the turn of the century: 1. Jakob Vilhelm b. …
Þorsteinn Elíasson
Þorsteinn Elíasson was born in Mikley on September 21, 1879. Spouse: April 25, 1908 Jóhanna Jónína Jóhannsdóttir born in Mikley on June 20, 1889. Children: 1. Elínborg Sigríður b. March 10, 1909 2. Jóhann Friðrik b. April 23, 1911 3. Þorsteinn Elías b. November 11, 1912 4. Normann Skarphéðinn b. October 31, 1914 5. Arnína Sigurbjörg b. June 18, 1917 …
Björn Sigurðsson
Björn Sigurðsson was born in S. Þingeyjarsýsla on May 7, 1869 and died in Winnipeg in 1961. He took the last name Dahlman in the west. Spouse: July 4, 1901 Sigríður Sigurðardóttir b. 1873 in N. Þingeyjarsýsla; d. April 28, 1942 in Riverton. Children: 1. Victor d. at birth 2. Sigurður Friðberg b. July 1, 1904 3. Anna Kristín b. …
Óli K Coghill
Óli Kristinn Coghill was born in S. Múlasýsla on January 12, 1888. He died in Riverton on August 15, 1939. Spouse: January 16, 1913 Valgerður Helen Briem b. in the Fljóts Settlement on January 19, 1888. Children: 1. Guðrún Olive 2. Jóhanna Pearl 3. Marinó Wilfred 4. Valdheiður Mabel. Óli Kristinn was the son of John Coghill from Scotland and …
Magnús G Árnason
Magnús Guðmundur Árnason was born in Reykjavík on June 16, 1884. He died on September 12, 1953 in Winnipeg. Spouse: March 24, 1914 Guðrún Ragnhildur Bergþórsdóttir (Thordarson) b. in Mikley on February 16, 1891. Children: 1. Kristján 2. Stefán 3. Bára 4. Lilja. Magnús emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1911 and lived there for the first year. While there, he …
Magnús Magnússon
Magnús Magnússon was born in Húnavatnssýsla on December 8, 1835. He died in Gimli in 1902. Spouse: Margrét Jónsdóttir b. September 30, 1833 in Húnavantssýsla, d. in New Iceland in 1913. Children: 1. Guðmundur b. 1862 2. Ágúst b. 1863 3. Rósa b. 1865, d. 1914 4. Guðrún Solveig b. 1866 5. Jón b. 1869 6. Björn b. 1873. Jón …